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Medvedgrad
Medvedgrad comes from Serbo-Croatian Medvedgrad.
- Serbo-CroatianmodernMedvedgrad
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Serbo-CroatianmodernMedvedgrad
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of medved ‘bear’ + grad ‘town, fort’
Proto-Balto-Slavic *medwḗˀdis
Proto-Slavic *medvědь ‘bear’
Serbo-Croatian medved ‘bear’
Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos ‘to enclose, to encircle’
Proto-Balto-Slavic *gárdas ‘enclosure’
Proto-Slavic *gȏrdъ ‘fortification, castle’
Serbo-Croatian grad ‘town, fort’
Every English word from Serbo-Croatian Medvedgrad
Today it means
name A medieval fortified town in Croatia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Serbo-Croatian Medvedgrad / Medvedgrad